# employee retention
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28:34Round 4: What keeps employees from quitting?Al Elliott: Oh, are you passing it? Danny Wareham: I'm passing it Al Elliott: Oh, Leigh, you've been dropped in the shitEP 326 · 11 Aug 2026·interview· 28:34–30:3423:13Why people join StriveX (it's not the salary)Rachel Harris: Oh, absolutely not. No, I'd say, yeah, you know, specifically if I was recruiting a trainee accountant, for example, the likelihood is, unless I had a career changer or return to work, I actually am probabEP 299 · 7 May 2026·interview· 23:13–26:4528:39Truth or Lie: People don't leave bad jobs, they leave bad managersLeanne Elliott: Thank you Al Elliott: Is it a truth or is it a lie? Leanne Elliott: I'm not sure we'd find many people who haven't heard this phrase, to be fair. But have you ever thought about where it comes from?EP 278 · 24 Feb 2026·truth or lie· 28:39–38:4911:07What actually makes employees stay? It's not perksAl Elliott: Le, anything else that caught your eye this week? Leanne Elliott: I saw a new study that asked what actually makes employees want to stay. not just tolerate their jobs, not quite quit, but actually want to stEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·news roundup· 11:07–16:2630:57Workplace Surgery: Retaining key employeesLeanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: So this one's a little— I can totally relate to this one. It's a bit heartbreaking. He says, I run a small business that I've nurtured and grown with care over the years. Recently, I facedEP 111 · 2 Jul 2024·workplace surgery· 30:57–37:5214:16How do you know if your culture is working?Patti Simpson: There's a couple of things. I think the easiest way to know is your turnover. If people are staying, you know that you're doing all right. We have employee experience surveys, and there are some backend thEP 66 · 23 Nov 2023·interview· 14:16–19:2937:48Lesson 2: Keeping great peopleLeanne Elliott: So, that is the first, the first lesson of People and Culture, how to find great people. The second lesson is keeping great people. So, Oliver believes that the key to keeping great people is to be intentEP 38 · 10 May 2023·interview· 37:48–40:18
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